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♪♪ >> Steffy: Theres no way youre

serious right now.

>> Hope: Steffy, I know you love your mother, and you are

understandably defensive and protective of her, but...

I mean, we cant afford to look the other way when there are

children involved.

>> Steffy: You sound ridiculous.

My mother is not a danger to children.

>> Hope: No one could have predicted what Taylor did to

Bill.

And that is exactly the point.

Shes unstable and shes potentially dangerous, and

Taylor does not belong at a family Christmas celebration.

Look, I want you and Kelly to celebrate the holidays with us

at Erics, but Taylor is a different story.

I dont want her there.

>> Taylor: I just dont know what to think.

You came out of nowhere.

>> Reese: Im here with you because its where were both

supposed to be.

What it means long-term, I dont know, but, right now, you need a

friend.

And whatever battles youre facing, whether with Brooke or

within yourself, youre not alone.

Im here.

>> Maya: I realize this is a shock.

>> Brooke: Well, thats an understatement.

I cant believe what you just told me.

>> Maya: Well, it took a while for me to accept myself.

Trust me.

It -- Its the last thing that I wanted.

>> Brooke: So its true.

You and Rick are getting a divorce?

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♪♪ >> Brooke: I didnt even know

that you and Rick were having problems.

He never said a word.

>> Maya: Well, it wasnt like we could point to anything

specific, you know?

The issues just compounded.

>> Brooke: Oh, honey...

Im so sorry.

>> Maya: Thanks. I needed that.

[ Knocks on door ] >> Vivienne: Hi!

>> Julius: Hi!

>> Maya: Hi. [ Laughs ] >> Vivienne: Oh!

>> Julius: Hey!

>> Maya: Hi.

>> Julius: What a great surprise!

You, Rick, Lizzy all home for Christmas, huh?

What?

>> Vivienne: Maya.

>> Julius: Is everything all right?

>> Vivienne: Whats going on?

>> Maya: Theres no way to break this gently.

Rick and I are getting a divorce.

>> Steffy: Wow, Hope, you got some nerve.

Are you forgetting that my granddads house is my familys

home?

You cant just ban my mom from Christmas.

[ Door opens ] >> Liam: Daddy Santa with yet

another...gift.

Hey, Hope.

I didnt know you were here.

>> Hope: Yeah, I needed to talk to Steffy.

>> Liam: Feels a little tense in here.

>> Steffy: Mm, Hope came to inform me that she doesnt want

my mother over at Granddads house on Christmas.

Not only is my mother supposed to stay away from the children,

but it seems like shes banished from the entire family, as well.

>> Reese: Thank you.

>> Taylor: Im sorry if I seem a little taken aback.

>> Reese: Is it my breath?

Is it me?

>> Taylor: No, no, Im talking about your charm and your

support of me.

>> Reese: I realize youre going through an embattled time right

now.

I dont need to know the details if you dont want to share, but

I do know a little something about what it takes to overcome

adversity.

Helps to have someone in your corner, and I want to be that

someone for you.

It could be a win-win.

>> Maya: Yes, uh, no, no, of course youre not bothering me.

Shes jetlagged...

>> Brooke: Rick doesnt want to talk about it, apparently.

He said that its sad and he agreed that its over.

[ Sighs ] I just feel so bad for them.

>> Vivienne: Me, too.

>> Brooke: Nicole and Zende arent having problems, are

they?

>> Vivienne: No, theyre fine.

The whole time we were in Paris, there were still acting like

honeymooners.

>> Julius: Yeah, but, on the other hand, Rick and Maya...

You could tell that they were going through something.

We just hoped they could turn it around, you know, whatever it

was.

>> Maya: Okay. Bye-bye.

Sorry, it was Lizzys sitter.

>> Vivienne: Is everything all right?

>> Maya: Yeah, she just had a question.

>> Julius: So, whats the plan?

You and Lizzy gonna stay in Paris, Ricks gonna come back

here?

>> Maya: You know, the details and logistics just arent worked

out yet.

Its been breaking down for some time, but the decision is quite

new.

>> Brooke: Where are you staying?

>> Maya: I took a hotel until I figure things out.

>> Brooke: No.

You and my granddaughter are not staying in a hotel, not when

theres plenty of room at Ridge and my house.

>> Maya: Brooke, I didnt want to put you out.

>> Brooke: Youre not putting us out!

You are family.

I want you to stay with us.

>> Vivienne: That is so kind.

>> Maya: Yeah, it is.

>> Julius: Im disappointed.

I had my doubts to begin with, everybody knew that, but you

guys made me a believer.

I thought youd go the distance, like your mother and me.

>> Maya: That was the plan, Dad.

>> Vivienne: I know we keep asking, but are you positive

theres no saving this marriage?

>> Maya: Its over.

There is no getting back what we had.

Im sad, and Im sorry, but I have made my peace with it.

This is the way it has to be.

>> Steffy: My mother was part of this family before anyone in

this room was even born.

>> Hope: I am not minimizing Taylors importance to the

Forresters.

>> Steffy: Yes, you are, and if you think that you can erase my

mother, especially on Christmas, a time of coming together in

tradition, youre wrong.

>> Hope: I want that for all of us, too.

>> Steffy: Except my mother.

>> Liam: You dont think thats a little extreme?

>> Steffy: Thank you.

>> Hope: No. I dont.

I think we do need to be careful, especially knowing what

her mother is capable of.

Look, I want us all together celebrating Kellys first

Christmas.

I want you there, too.

Just not if Taylors there with us.

>> Steffy: Youre unbelievable.

>> Hope: Look, I realize this is hard to hear, and Taylor is your

mother, and you love her, and thats how it should be, and I

dont want to get in the middle of that, but if were gonna be

an extended family with you and Kelly and Liam and me and our

little girl...

>> Steffy: I still want that.

>> Hope: So do I.

But the only thing that is preventing that from happening

is Taylor.

>> Taylor: We seem to be spending all our time talking

about me.

>> Reese: Youre the interesting one.

>> Taylor: Oh, please.

>> Reese: Im telling you.

>> Taylor: Why dont you do that?

Tell me a little bit about you.

>> Reese: What would you like to know?

>> Taylor: Well, you -- you said that youve experienced

overcoming some adversity.

In what way?

>> Reese: [ Sighs ] Well, you know, the usual ways.

You get knocked down, you get back up again, the beat goes on.

Now you see why youre the interesting one? [ Chuckles ]

>> Taylor: Okay, I get it.

So youre one of those.

>> Reese: Which?

>> Taylor: Men who deflect attention.

>> Reese: Uh, normally, I seek it, but, right now, all my

interest and focus is on you and helping you navigate these

challenges that youre going through.

Like this thing with Brooke.

I still cant believe that that woman is trying to keep you away

from your own granddaughter.

>> Taylor: Oh, shes absolutely heartless, but thats not

surprising.

Brooke would do anything to hurt me.

>> Reese: Sounds like it.

>> Taylor: You know, if -- if I were the injured party, that

would be par for the course, but...

what really breaks my heart is the way her plotting and

scheming is damaging the children.

And its amazing how now shes working through Hope to wreak

havoc on my family once again.

>> Reese: Im new to this dynamic, lots of missing pieces,

but I agree, its not fair how Brooke and her daughter are

working to keep your family from you.

Whatever you and Steffy need, let me know.

Itll be done.

>> Julius: You havent been exactly forthcoming, Maya.

>> Maya: I told you guys what is happening.

>> Julius: That youre getting a divorce.

We heard that. Yes.

But you left out why.

>> Vivienne: Maya said she didnt want to talk about it.

>> Brooke: Its only natural to wonder what went so wrong.

>> Julius: Did Rick cheat on you?

>> Vivienne: Julius!

>> Julius: Im trying to make sense of this!

I mean, Rick and Maya stood up to a lot to be together.

Now theyre just letting go?

>> Maya: If there was a way for us to be together, we would be,

but there wasnt.

There isnt!

You have to trust me on that.

This breakup is very painful for me.

Its personal.

Im still sorting out everything that I feel.

I have no idea what my life is gonna look like moving forward.

>> Brooke: Did Rick do something that I should be ashamed of?

>> Maya: No, no.

Rick is a wonderful, honorable man.

We just...grew apart.

>> Brooke: But you were such a good match.

>> Maya: And nothing will ever change that.

And if Lizzy is the only reason that Rick and I came together,

then that is more than enough.

>> Vivienne: Youre being brave, but I know you have to be

weeping inside.

>> Maya: I will not deny that I am hurt.

Look, I believed that Rick and I were gonna be together forever,

but...

Its just not meant to be.

>> Vivienne: Come here, baby girl.

>> Taylor: Steffy is determined to give Kelly the very best life

has to offer, including a close relationship with her sister,

and thats because Steffy had a close relationship with her

twin.

>> Reese: Twin?

>> Taylor: Yes, I had a daughter named Phoebe.

>> Reese: Had another daughter?

>> Taylor: She was killed in a car accident.

>> Reese: Oh, my God.

Taylor, I am so sorry.

>> Taylor: It was terrible losing her when we did.

>> Reese: You must miss her terribly.

>> Taylor: Every single day.

>> Reese: Youre stronger than you realize.

I dont know how I could survive if I lost Zoe.

>> Taylor: Oh, you dont want to know.

But I had to be there for my two other children who were also in

pain, and they really needed me.

>> Reese: It must have been so hard on Steffy to lose a twin.

>> Taylor: They were close.

They were just so close.

And thats always stayed with Steffy.

And I know that thats why she wants Kelly to know that bond.

And that was supposed to happen with Liams child with Hope, but

now...

You know whats interesting?

Steffy told me that she -- she wants to adopt a child, to be a

sister to her daughter.

>> Reese: Mm.

>> Taylor: I just -- I dont know if thats the right choice

for her right now.

>> Reese: It might be too soon.

Maybe things between Brooke and Hope will settle, and Kelly can

have the kind of relationship with her half-sister that Steffy

wants.

>> Taylor: I just dont know if thats possible, as long as Im

in the picture.

>> Liam: I get why youre concerned.

Taylor shooting my dad is shocking and alarming, and,

hell, Im the one who told you about it when I saw Taylor upset

with you because it concerned me, but...

The more I think about it, that was an overreaction on my part,

and now I believe that Steffy is right because it doesnt mean

that Taylor is a danger to children.

>> Hope: There is no way to know what Taylor would do if the

wrong button got pushed or if she starts drinking again!

>> Steffy: All of those are ifs but none of that is happening.

My mothers on an even keel, especially around Kelly, and

shes not drinking.

>> Hope: Okay, Im sorry, but I have been around Taylor when she

gets worked up, and I do not trust that she can control her

emotions.

>> Liam: I dont want to jeopardize Kellys future with

our child over this.

I mean, we -- we wanted to raise them as sisters, were on track

to doing that.

What -- Why does that have to change?

>> Hope: Because I do not want our daughter exposed to Taylors

unpredictability.

>> Steffy: My mother is not a monster!

Thats how you feel.

Look, its out of my hands, okay?

But my daughter will grow up with a sister, just like I did.

I wanted it to be your little girl because they share the same

father.

But you dont have to be blood to be family.

>> Liam: Steffy, what are you -- What are you saying?

>> Steffy: Ive made a decision, Liam.

Im thinking about adopting.

>> Maya: Im so sorry to drop this bombshell on all of you.

Maybe I should have called first to prepare you.

>> Julius: No, now dont go beating yourself up now, Maya.

>> Maya: Its just, you know, Rick insisted on staying in

Europe for the holidays, but I had to be home with my family

for Christmas.

>> Vivienne: [ Giggles ] >> Maya: And Im so glad that I

can still consider you family.

>> Brooke: Of course!

Youre the mother of my grandchild.

And once a part of the family, always a part of the family.

>> Maya: Im not gonna lie, this is really painful.

Im disappointed in Rick, Im disappointed in myself...

It feels like a failure, and Im afraid of how Lizzy will be

affected by this change in her lifestyle, but Rick and I are

determined to make this as painless as possible for our

daughter.

>> Hope: Thinking about adopting...

>> Steffy: I have an appointment to look into it further.

I realized its important to me that Kelly has a sister her age,

like I did.

I wanted it to be your daughter, but I hear you loud and clear.

Theres no way that would happen unless I turn my back on my mom,

and...

Im not gonna do that.

I love my mother.

Is she perfect? No. Who is?

What she did was terrible.

Im not minimizing that.

But Im not gonna ostracize her for that, either.

What my mother needs is support and encouragement.

Especially now.

>> Reese: I hope youre not thinking of leaving again.

>> Taylor: Well, that thought had been crossing my mind.

>> Reese: Dont.

Steffy and Kelly need you.

Steffy said as much.

>> Taylor: Yes, she did.

>> Reese: And from a personal point of view, Id hate to see

you go just when were starting to get to know each other.

>> Taylor: Well, I dont want to.

I love it here.

I love being with my daughter and my granddaughter.

Theyre my lifeline, but...

I just dont want to negatively impact them in any way.

I did something. Horrible.

>> Reese: I doubt that.

>> Taylor: Something that I -- I never thought...

Brooke is hanging it over my head.

Shes using it to control me, as if my life isnt tormented

enough.

>> Reese: Taylor.

>> Taylor: No, I dont -- Im not telling you this because

I want your sympathy or your pity, okay?

Im facing it.

Im dealing with it.

I just have to keep reminding myself Im blessed, you know?

Ive -- Ive lived a life of privilege, Im financially

independent...

But all the money in the world, it doesnt mean anything if I

cant be with my daughter and my granddaughter.

>> Reese: Maybe I can help.

This -- This thing that youve done -- is it the thing that

Brooke is holding over your head?

This is why youre thinking of leaving town again?

>> Taylor: Because I know Brooke.

She doesnt stop.

She wont stop until she creates something to drive me out of

town.

I cant even tell you the emotional pain and --

Oh, my gosh, its so draining.

Im thinking if I just leave voluntarily, everybody will be

relieved.

Oh, my gosh, Im doing it again.

I am just dumping all this garbage on you!

>> Reese: Shh! No.

Im glad you feel that you can be open with me.

>> Taylor: I do.

>> Reese: You sound surprised.

>> Taylor: This...feeling that I can tell you anything...

I havent felt like that with a man in a very long time.

>> Reese: And I havent felt this drawn to a woman in a very

long time.

I care about you, Taylor.

Youve touched something inside me, and I want you to know and

believe that Im here for you.

Theres nothing that I wouldnt do for you.

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